Relationship of Abuse and Violence in Childhood with Marital Intimacy Among Discordant Couples

Intimacy in a marital relationship is the process of connection, self-understanding, and self-disclosure in the presence of a partner, which can be affected by different factors. This research aimed to determine the relationship between abuse and violence in childhood with marital intimacy among discordant couples. The sample of this study was sixty discordant couples which were selected using convenience sampling from the couples whom were applicants of uncontested divorce in the courts of Qazvin city and responded to the Iranian questionnaires of child abuse, child confrontation with domestic violence scale and couples intimacy. The data were analyzed by The Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results showed that there is a positive relationship between abuse and violence in childhood and marital intimacy and abuse and violence in childhood anticipates couples’ conflicts. (P≤.05) It can be concluded that because abuse and violence in childhood has a negative impact on the attachment level of people, it decreases the individual trust, and therefore it decreases the marital intimacy